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The last woolly mammoth was still alive when the Egyptian pyramids were being built.

Why it is true

An isolated population of woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic until around 1650 BC, centuries after the pyramids of Giza were erected. These animals became extinct much later than previously thought.

Source: Nature

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